Get a list of a user's roles from Parse, including child roles, up to a certain depth

get-roles.js

// Maximum depth is 3, after that we get a "" error from Parse
function getUserRoles(user) {
  var queries = [
    new Parse.Query('_Role').equalTo('users', user)
  ];
  for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
    queries.push(new Parse.Query('_Role').matchesQuery('roles', queries[i]));
  }
  
  return user.rolesPromise = Parse.Query.or.apply(Parse.Query, queries).find().then(
    function(roles) {
      return roles.map(function(role) {
        return role.get('name');
      });
    }
  );
}

what is user here ? the whole object stored in req.user?

thanks bro

I think you can do it with less lines of code 😅

In a cloud Function

Parse.Cloud.define('getRoles', async (request) => {
    const query = await new Parse.Query(Parse.Role).equalTo('users', request.user).find()
    return query
})

In a JS client

async function getUserRoles () {
    const query = await new Parse.Query(Parse.Role).equalTo('users', Parse.User.current() ).find()
    return query
}

This will return an array with all the Roles of the User.
Hope this help you 👌😁

@macarthuror i love terse refactors, however the description mentions , including child roles, up to a certain depth (which is lacking in your version). Your code only returns unnested roles.

If anyone is here in 2021 looking for a TS version of this:

  static async getUserRoles(user: Parse.User): Promise<string[]> {
    const queries = [
      new Parse.Query(Parse.Role).equalTo('users', user),
    ];

    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      queries.push(new Parse.Query(Parse.Role).matchesQuery('roles', queries[i]));
    }

    const roles = await Parse.Query.or(...queries).find({ useMasterKey: true });
    return roles.map((role) => role.getName());
  }

Hm it is somewhat confusing that you're asking for a TS version of a TS snippet. What is the real problem/context behind your question?

@coderofsalvation No question from me. I just posted my TS version of the code, in case anyone needed it.

hehe indeed my bad 😂